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Honduran resistance takes off
April 12, 2011Two sets of realities are opposed: a small, wealthy, U.S.-backed minority and popular mobilization, always in the background, but now gathering new strength.
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Outrage over acquittal of accused terrorist Posada Carriles
April 11, 2011Posada, a Cuban exile, was used by the CIA as a key operative in the United States' long running effort to overturn the Cuban Revolution.
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Wave of firings, violence against Bahrain workers, unions
April 8, 2011The International Trade Union Confederation condemns the wave of firings, repression and violence being waged against Bahrain workers and their unions after a widely supported strike.
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World notes: India, Hungary, Guatemala – and more
April 7, 2011Cuba: Self employment is applied to mines, quarries; Guatemala: transport fuels or food?; United Kingdom: Use profits for debt relief, say international organizations; Hungary: Rightist revival; India: Anti-guerrilla fight jeopardizes civilians, neutrals.
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Martelly, friend of Duvalier, named winner in Haiti vote
April 6, 2011In spite of possible fraud Haiti's Provisional Elections Council recently announced Michel Martelly has apparently won the runoff elections by a landslide over former First Lady Mirlande Manigat.
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